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>> steve: filibustering there. if you would like to see the show, go to tonylobianco.com. goaling old school we are on the floor of the u.s. senate right out of "mr. smith goes to washington". kentucky senator rand paul delivering an epic filibuster late into the night. >> the senator from kentucky. >> i rise today to begin to filibuster john brennan's nomination for the cia. i will speak until i can no longer speak. i will speak as long as it takes until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast. there are constitution is important. that you're rights to trial by jury are precious. that no american should be killed by a drone on american soil without first being charged with a crime. bill: slightly before 12 noon yesterday those were his first words, his opening statement.

a protest of the obama administration's drone strikes against the possibility of targeting americans here at home. that's where we start. i'm bill hemmer live here in "america's newsroom." we got a good night's sleep. he toughed it out. martha: very interesting. it was very, very late and filled with candy and very interesting. a lot of substance there. i'm martha maccallum, everybody. senator paul says it is very simple. he wants assurances from the white house that drones will never be used to kill americans on american soil without oversight or without due process. watch some of this. >> i will speak today until the president responds and says, no, we won't kill americans in cafes. no we won't kill you at home in your bed at night. no, we won't drop bombs on restaurants. is that so hard? your notification is the buzz of the propellers on the drone as it flies overhead in the seconds before you're killed. is that what we really want from our government? bill: so then in total he lasted almost a bit shy of

13 hours. peter doocy up with us now from washington. have we heard from senator paul since he left the floor of the senate overnight? >> we have, bill. he said last night after exiting the floor to a big round of applause, that his feet hurt and he wasn't wearing the most comfortable shoes during that 12-hour, and 52 minute long filibuster, which he couldn't sit down and couldn't leave the floor but he was energized when other senators would join him. in all 15 senators participated including two democrats and two republicans who came over from dinner with president obama. the theme of the night was protecting civil liberty abouts. >> if you're sitting in cafe and somebody thinks you e-mailed your cousin in the middle east, and they think you're conspiring with them, you should be charged. you should be, you know, imprisoned, if they can make the charges stick. but they shouldn't just drop a hellfire missile on your cafe experience.

>> reporter: a milky way bar gave senator paul a little energy boost during the dinner hour. he said he made many trips to the so-called candy desk on the senate floor. he also got a special delivery of apple and tea from senator mark kirk who is still recovering from a stroke, bill. bill: anything to keep rolling. roll he did. his target was the white house. has the president or the white house responded to this filibuster yet, peter? >> reporter: no but senator paul said he would be very surprised if he didn't hear from the white house today. one interesting response we heard from another republican, senator lindsey graham, who thinks another paul is on the wrong track. >> the program he used overseas has made us safer. this idea we would use a drone to target american in a cafe in america is ridiculous. i think the american people need to understand the threat we face. >> reporter: if senator paul wanted to break senator

strom thurmond's record for the longest filibuster ever, he would have needed to speak until five past noon today. he says he doesn't think filibustering will be a regular occurrence for him. bill: we shall see, right? really attracted a lot of attention this way. peter, thank leading our coverage on that. martha has more now. martha: indeed he did. he went on for almost 13 hours. here is the end of it. >> i thank you very much for the forbearance and i yield the floor. >> mr. president? >> senator from illinois. [applause] there will be order. there will be order. martha: applause at the end there. senator paul's filibuster now in the history books. how does it stack up? the most recent one was a little over two years ago. vermont senator bernie sanders spent more than eight and a half hours over his objections to a tax cut deal. 20 years ago, then senator al d'amato spoke for 15 hours and 14 minutes.

he was protesting a change in a bill that would hurt a up state typewriter company. he padded his remarks singing south of the border to fill some of his time. the longest filibuster was over a history-changing bill. peter just referred to this. south carolina's strom thurmond, famously filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes speaking out against the civil rights act of 1957. bill: long history in all that. d'amato did this twice by the way for the record. martha: he likes to talk. bill: you heard peter reporting about senator paul. he is getting some rest right now. later he will appear live on the fox news channel. the north will be live with megyn kelly live on "america live" with megyn kelly. 2:00 he will appear live. we will talk with stevens hayes what we expect to be a address by the president on the drone issue. which expect that sometime today. steve hayes coming up in a

couple minutes with all that. now martha. martha: we have brand new jobs numbers out this morning. 340,000 americans filed for new unemployment benefits last week. that is a drop of 7,000 from the previous week. it is still high when you look what is needed for a true economic recovery. this latest report under indicates really only modest job growth out there. stuart varney, the host of varneyp company on the fox business network of course as he joins us here almost every morning. stuart, what do you think of this number today? >> it is a mediocre number at best. 340,000 jobless claims is still way too high. these jobless numbers this week are a backdrop to what is going on in wall street and a prelude what will happen tomorrow morning when we get the big unemployment number. here is the spin to watch out for. if these numbers are considered bad then ben bernanke will keep on printing money, isn't he? so stocks go up. if the numbers are spun to be food, profits for american corporations will be good and stocks go up.

that's exactly what we're seeing right now. mediocre at best numbers on jobless claims and we're looking at another gain for the dow industrials of about 40 points when the dow opens up this morning. it's all about the spin, bottom line. martha: you know, i mean you talk about printing more money as if that is the only tool in the tool box. i mean is there anything that indicate that there will be any change in tactics other than to do that if the number's not good tomorrow? >> it the one thing that is keeping the stock market rolling but you're right it is not the only tool in the tool box available to legislators and lawmakers. i would suggest if you were to lower tax rates, then you would inject a lot of money into the economy and you would get a stronger economic performance but that is not what the president is going to do. so at the moment, the only thing that is really keeping this economy and the stock market going is the primarily ben bernanke printing money. as long as it is as weak as it is he will keep printing.

martha: a lot of cash out there. stuart, thank you very much. we'll see you later. bill: now we moved to the powerful winter storm targeting the mid-atlantic and the northeast bringing wind gusts more than 60 miles an hour in parts, but the biggest problem could be the flooding. there is a significant threat stretching from the state of delaware up through massachusetts and right in the bull's-eye of all this, you see there in new jersey? townses still trying to recover after superstorm sandy. rick leventhal from new jersey. what do you see there, rick? good morning. >> reporter: not nearly as bad as they predicted but there they're definitely have some issues on the jersey shore. this is on the dunes in the region right now. not nearly that bad. the town of brick township south of us the mayor said they dodged a bullet. we can show you where a dune was breached. the water reached the coastal highway. the authorities had to shut

the road down. they have crews working to rebuild the dune, hoping to avoid further problems when the high tide returns around 4:00 this afternoon. another big issue here has been the winds. we had tropical storm force gusts last night down in cape may, which is the southern tip of the state and gusts lear knocked some lines down, bill and they have a couple thousand people without power now. bill: there is still damage up and down the shore as you well know, rick. we have seen that from your images. what about this flooding threat today? >> reporter: fortunately for point pleasant no issue with water on the roads. in sea bright, new jersey, they have flooding there. a foot and a half of water on the roads when the river backed up and they're concerned there could be more flooding this afternoon because the storm hasn't left yet and they expect some snow, possibly rain if it warms up a little bit across this region. of course out on long island they're getting some heavy snow now. they expect that throughout the day and winds 30 to 50 miles an hour there and up

into new england things could get a lot worse as this storm moves through the area, bill. bill: a couple more days, you're right. rick leventhal thanks, on the jersey shore. martha. martha: to add insult to injury in that area and we're seeing some more images of the snow that buried parts of virginia and west virginia. they got up to two feet of snow in spotslvania. blocked highway traffic for a long time. utility crews struggled to get power back on to tens of thousands of customers left in the dark. this snow is wet, slushy, heavy, hard to lift. tough to get out of there. it does a number of trees. washington got a dusting of snow, after they got the whole day off in advance of just a dusting of snow. i said to my kids the other night, we'll have a snow day. you are absolutely not going to have a snow day. so they had school. i bet they wish they were in washington they had the day off. bill: a way to save money.

you know what i found on the cable box? not only c-span, but i found c-span2. who knew. martha: fan of c-span. endless fun. hard to sleep when you got all that on at night. bill: true fact. we're just getting rolling. dinner with a bipartisan twist. president obama had dinner with 12 republican senators, including some of his toughest critics. one of those present will tell us if there is progress and what was that about. martha: look at all the flashing lights like a hollywood opening. this is no laughing matter. north korea threatening a preemptive nuclear strike on the u.s. we'll talk about that. bill: there is word president obama himself could explain drone policy maybe today. lawmakers want an answer if he would ever use a drone to take out an american on u.s. soil? >> does the constitution allow the u.s. citizen on u.s. soil who doesn't pose an imminent threat to be killed by the u.s. government? bill: in moments the

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martha: arkansas now has the most restrictive abortion laws in the united states. state lawmakers voted yesterday to override a veto from democratic governor mike beebe after a first trimester. opponents of the ban plan to challenge it in court. bill: want to get to the controversy over drones now. attorney general eric holder saying he expects the president to clarify the position of the administration when it is appropriate for armed drones to target and kill american citizens, if at all. america's top law enforcer grilled on the hill over this point of contention right here. >> does the constitution allow a u.s. citizen on u.s. soil who doesn't pose an imminent threat to be killed by the u.s. government?

>> i do not believe that, again, you have, you have, all of the facts but on the facts you have given me, this is hypothetical, i would not think in that situation the use of a drone or lethal force would be appropriate. >> you keep saying appropriate. my question isn't about propriety. my question whether something is constitutional or not. i find it remarkable that you still will not give an opinion on the constitutionality. let me move onto the next topic because we've gone round and round. >> let me clear. translate my appropriate to no. i thought i was saying no. >> well then, i am glad. bill:. stephen hayes, senior writer, "weekly standard." fox news contributor. does that settle it at the end there. >> came close to than any other point by eric holder. gave a preview what we expect to hear from the president when he does address this point in the next few days. eric holder when asked about

i expect the president will speak to the american public about this. and there will be a greater effort at transparency on these particular issues. bill: with regard to the president's statement as one report suggested it may come today. do you have anything on that or what is your understanding? >> i have nothing more than what eric holder said yesterday. i haven't seen that report but i know eric holder said this will be a subject of further discussion and discussion coming from the white house in the coming days. bill: state of the union, i mean there was a comment in that speech about being more transparent about the drone program, what the policy is on behalf of the administration. what would you expect the president to say? >> well, at the very least i think what rand paul did in this filibuster was force this issue, sort of onto the front burnerer if you will. this is something that hasn't been getting much attention. the overseas, the overseas side of it or the prospective use of drones here at home. if he did nothing else, he forced that discussion. he made it much more urgent for the white house to speak

out on this. you have people who haven't been paying very close attention to the drone program now focused on it. bill: probably some in his party who are eager as you have stated, eager to stand up to this white house and president and in this case he did for the past 13 hours overnight. but why is the answer so mushy? why is it so evasive? what explains that? >> well, i think the white house is basically trying to retain for the president some executive prerogative in terms of fighting a war. where i think they haven't been clear or clear enough is making distinctions between basic law enforcement and between the laws of war. they haven't drawn that circle and in part because i think it is confused in their mind and this is the approach the administration has decided to take. you remember back during the campaign the, the 2008 campaign, the president distinguished himself from his predecessor, george w. bush by saying in effect, we are going to take a law enforcement approach to wars. these issues aren't as clear when you don't make those kind of distinctions. bill: there was one scenario

that ted cruz cruz threw out, the republican from texas, american having coffee in a coffee shop and a starbucks, whether or not that was considered an imminent threat. so that phrase, imminent threat, seemed to be stressed throughout this entire argument. has that been defined clearly? >> it did, it is at the center of this and in a sense we're back where we were literally ten years ago when we were debating the iraq war and the question of an imminent threat. rand paul yesterday spoke to this he talked about iraq and said the bush administration suggested that saddam hussein was a imminent threat when the bush administration said pretty much the opposite. i think there was a lot of disagreement about what constitutes an iminent threat but there should be, much greater consensus than there is. if there is an ongoing attack and you have somebody, even an american, on american soil, who is a part of the attack, there is no question that i think the executive retains the right

to take that person out that is the area of consensus. bill: that phrase imminent threat is to be defined by the president when he makes that statement. one quick thing, brennan will be confirmed, right? >> yes. bill: that may even happen this afternoon. rand paul in the end was that a win, was that a loss or was that a draw for him. >> in terms of slowing down john brennan's confirmation didn't do much. he was voted out committee 12-3. there doesn't seem to be republican appetite for challenging him. rand paul did anything excite the republican base looking for something obvious for somebody to stand up to the president. he did himself a lot of favors in raising his profile if he is willing to challenge the president. bill: c-span2, man, check it out. big night at the hemmer house. steve hayes in washington. okay. martha? martha: what just happened moments ago was that the catholic church is one step closer to naming a new pope. we've got a live report as things start to evolve here in rome.

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bill: we were just listening to rick leventhal report from the shore of new jersey. this is what you're getting in areas hard hit by sandy in early november. now they're getting flooding as a result of what is turning into a nor'easter here. in the northeast and you see that truck driving through that water. often times you don't know how deep the water is. we'll talk about it all the time about not driving through water that you can

not gauge the depth. you can see the yellow line in the middle of that street there. if you're living in south jersey, around the area of avalon, these are the images you have been fed up with. martha: stone harbor to avalon down to atlantic city in this region where it was really hard-hit. hopefully a, but a lot of folks have not begun to repair homes. this area was not as hard hit from sandy but boy, did they get hit this time around. we'll keep an eye oochb. >> -- on that. martha: we got record that final cardinal arrived in rome for the conclave. his plane touched down from vietnam. they were waiting for the cardinal from vietnam and the cardinal from poland to sort of round out the group. they are one step closer to starting this process. they have to decide when they will begin. that will be their first decision. amy kellogg joins us now

live in rome. what is the latest amy? what can we gather about when they will get started? >> reporter: well, martha, no date as of yet of course set for the conclave. we would have let you know that. we're still waiting. unfortunately the ban on those daily briefings from the american cardinals is still in place and one journalist asked the vatican spokesman today if it wasn't that the american cardinals were doing penance for the since of their italian brethren? in other words suggesting it was the italians who had been leaking information to the press, not the americans, so why did the americans need to stop those briefings. father lombardi, who is the vatican spokesman appeared to take umbrage at that. he said no one knows who is leaking to the information to the press. it is on their conscience. the it had to be said that the information was not particularly headline-making. there was one headline about the kart nals asking a information point to be set up for the meeting. -- cardinals.

so they could hear about the leaks that would not dominate the meeting. what was more salacious in a italian newspaper saying there is a deep throat inside of a vatican reporting more information about corruption and there are 20 moles within, martha. martha: there is a lot of inkrieg surrounding all of that right now. and you wonder if that encourages them to get behind the key and begin this process. any suggestion in terms of the preparations in rome or when it might start to get underway? >> reporter: there were reports that there was a mass set up on monday for the mission of this conclave. they said that was shot down by the vatican. that is not true. there is not a special mass for this monday. we are seeing shots inside the sistine chapel. they put the two stoves inside for burning of ballots. one is for burning ballots and another for sending up smoke. it used to be in the olden times they would use wet

straw to create the black smoke, meaning no pope has been elected and dry straw for the white smoke. now they use chemicals. another thing we saw that was quite dramatic was the destruction of the old pope, the pope benedict xvi seal in the garden of the vatican making way for the new one, martha? martha: fascinating, amy. we'll be watching. bill: ominous skies. martha: aren't they back there? bill: president obama take as dozen republican senators to dinner so what do you think they talked about? one of these republican senators was there at the meal. and he or she will join us for a live report with more. >> the best way for this president to reach consensus and do something to turn the fate of the country around is do what ronald reagan and bill clinton did. get in a room and talk to each other. tonight could be the beginning of a new relationship between republicans and the president. [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness?

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leaders. they claim responsibility calling the filipinos, quote, their guest. it appears the peacekeepers are well-treated. rebels say they will hold onto the u.n. peacekeepers until the syrian government withdraws the troops from the village east of the golan heights. free syrian army are working with the local militias to try to release these philippine know peacekeepers. bill, it does appear and there is lot of hope they will be released next 24, 48 hours. bill: conor, who is holding them, are they working on behalf of the assad regime or the other side? >> reporter: these are rebels. they are anti-assad forces t appears to be a local militia in the southern part of the syria. these are not people connected to the assad regime. the u.n. has been more critical of assad regime than they have been of the rebels but for whatever reason this rebel group thought this was the best way to press the assad

regime. bill: 21 being held. conor thanks. when there are developments we'll bring you back. martha: we are getting reaction now from the senate republicans who were there about the prospect of a grand bargain beinging back on the table now after this dinner last night. there's senator john mccain as he walked out of the dinner last evening. tennessee senator bob corker was among those dining together and he joins me now. senator, good morning. good to have you here today. >> good morning, martha. thank you. martha: we've been watching the president, a lot of republican has been criticizing him for campaigning they say across the country. and when he's done that in recent weeks he has not been all that kind to people from your party. how was he last night? >> look, it was a very sincere and i think a constructive dinner and what you're referring to now certainly was discussed and i think there was a, you know, there is an air of cooperation that was created. martha, i don't think we're going to have some grand bargain over the next month or six weeks but i think the

purpose was to lay the foundation for something over the next four or five months and i know you and your listening audience believe that the number one issue facing our country are these fiscal issues that still are unaddressed and hopefully this will lay the foundation for a real solution to those so we can put it in the rear view mirror. martha: there is feeling when you listen to what the president said about the debt, he always brings it up but often brings it up in a way that is sort of an aside. yeah, we're concerned about the debt, we're concerned about the debt. did you get any different feeling from him last night whether or not that has changed or whether he's willing to listen to your side about that more? >> well, you know, the obviously the proof is in the pudding and that is finding a real solution that he we agree to but i will say last night i thought there was a sincere and in depth conversation about the various touch points. obviously republicans want to see entitlement reform so these programs are saved for the next 75 years. the president obviously is looking for revenues.

so there were discussions along broad parameters last night. i think there were some areas of commonalty i hope we can build upon to solve this problem but, yes, i do think, martha, there was a sincerity and a soberness around this issue that will hopefully translate over time into some real solution. martha: a big piece what you're discussing would be tax reform. >> right. martha: there is feeling, you just referenced the time frame, to five months, there is feeling that is how much time there is to really get tax reform potentially done in washington before we get into the next election cycle. was there discussion about that time frame, and about meaningful tax reform and working on it? >> oh, i think republicans want to see pro-growth tax reform, right? we think it is one of the main drivers of an economy, to lower rates, do away with loopholes. we think that's something missing right now in this economic model that we have. so, yes, it is going to take some time. i do think you're right, you know, the election cycle

will start right back up next january unfortunately so i think most of us believe that the next four or five months is the most fruitful time for something to happen. but again, martha, what we want to see is real structural reforms to these entitlement programs and for the first time i do think the president spoke to that last night. at the same time, look, we come at these things with differences. we need to focus on the common areas, build upon that and do something that is great for this nation. martha: we know that in a couple of hours he will sit down for lunch with paul ryan. >> right. martha: there are more meetings scheduled with democrats and republicans on the hill next week. this is one of the main things that the president is criticized for. he doesn't roll up his sleeves and get in discussions and get involved in this kind of politicking. why do yo think that is changing right now, if it is? >> i have no idea but the fact that this is such a media story to have dinner with 12 senators speaks to the fact that you're right, it has not been happening.

hopefully that is going to change. i mean i don't know how, you can not deal with our nation's biggest issues, martha, without presidential involvement. it just can not happen. you look at the history our nation. that is the way it has been. i do hope there's a change taking place. i don't think the president wants to spend the next 3 1/2 years dealing with a fiscal issue every six months or every six weeks. i know we want to put it behind us. the proof is in the pudding. i certainly like the new approach much better than being campaigner-in-chief. that is no question. hopefully it will lead to a a solution good for the country. it was wonderful seeing john mccain sitting beside the president last night laughing. that is something we don't see often and hopefully again, the joking around that took place, but the soberness of our conversations will lead us to a good place as a nation. martha: sometimes you need a little joking around to sort of break the ice and begin the talk. as you say, the proof is in the pudding and that pudding

would look something like tax reform both sides could agree to and also some entitlement spending cuts and some revenue, all of that into the mix. senator, hope you come back and talk to us again because this may be the beginning of something new. we would love to talk to you again, sir. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. martha: see you later. take care. ♪ . ♪ working for a living . bill: sincere, constructive. martha: punctuation right there. bill: it is harder to clock out and stop working today with the popularity of so much technology. the amount of time that you spend on a smartphone is skyrocketing, quadrupling from 22 minutes a day in 2009 to 88 minutes. that is an hour and a half today on average. pew research center report fines that lines separating work and free time is blurring. seven out of ten americans now say technology allows their work to move into their personal life.

only? martha: i bet you and i are well above that average in terms of time we spend on our smartphone every day. it is so true, isn't it? all of life is just sort of blurred. bill: good and bad. martha: good and bad, exactly. bill: makes you work faster but you're always accessible. martha: it allows you to work from another place later in the evening, like we often do, trading ideas on the smartphones but boy. bill: so then the strategy has to be, you have to figure out when it's right to turn off your smart phone. shoot us a tweet @marthamaccallum or @billhemmer. what time of day or how you do that. usually for me it is saturday afternoon. martha: okay. bill: we'll figure out you guysf strategy. martha: what time of day to people turn off the smartphones? that's what we're asking them? bill: when i go to bed. martha: during what activities -- okay. send us your ideas. we'll tell you what you think about that. this issue we've been talking about a lot in the recent days, north korea.

the latest information out of north korea is a threat of a nuclear attack on the united states. this comes on the same day that the u.n. is considering their strongest sanctions yet against the rogue nation. so that seems to be escalating. we'll talk about that. bill: there is tragedy at a animal sanctuary. what provoked a 4-year-old lyne to go on the attack that left an intern dead.

bill: we woke up to this headline this morning. north korea threatening a preemptive nuclear attack against the united states. this coming on the same day that u.s. and south korean military exercises are taking place in the pacific and the united nations could impose here in new york its strongest sanctions yet as punishment for last month's nuclear tests. general jack keane, retired four-star general, former vice chief of staff of the army and a fox news military analyst, and general, good morning to you.

>> good morning, bill. bill: there is a vote in the u.n. security council maybe in about 15 minutes from now, so we'll wait on that. we heard about the threat when we woke up today. it's happened before but is this different, a different kind of threat from north korea? >> well, not really. it is different in the sense that it is come jong unthat is doing it, the 28-year-old leader of the country. he is frustrated by sanctions that will take place today. certainly the fact that russia and china, after weeks of negotiations have also agreed to these sanctions. the chinese in particular, they are frustrated with the north koreans, they laid the law down and they told them, we have a transition in power taking place in our country. we don't want trouble on the peninsula and despite that they conducted a ballistic test first in december that we all witnessed. a ballistic missile test. then they conducted a nuclear test in february. so the chinese are as

frustrated as everybody else. finally we'll get some results here. bill: i want to show our viewers the map here in a moment but in light of what you just mentioned about these tests that are recent, just in the past month or two, should we take the threat more seriously now because of that? >> well, most analysts including myself think it's sabre-rattling but nonetheless, you know, the pentagon takes the capabilities that the north koreans have seriously. i mean this is a country with a nuclear weapon, probably four or five and they're trying to weaponize that in the sense they want to put it on a ballistic missile and certainly we take that seriously given the kind of people that run this regime. it is clearly a rogue regime and very oppress sieve to its people but the truth is they do not have any interests in territorial expansion. they're trying to preserve what they have. they have a nuclear weapon to guaranty the preservation of the regime.

that's fundamentally what is taking place. bill: the thing is to keep in mind the cooperation to what extent it is with iran and that nuclear program. all right, here are the players in the region. japan to the east, russia, china, south korea. advance it one time going back to 1953. 38 parallel set up north and south korea that was the armistice. still technically at war. the north threatened to blow up the armistice that has been in place since 1953. one last thing, general, and i want to ask you about this too. this is the range of capability that north korea may or may not have. here is hawaii on the map with honolulu. said to be a range of 6200 miles. if that is the case, general, that would take in what, anchorage, portland, san francisco, las vegas and los angeles in addition to hawaii. do we believe they are this capable with this range at the moment with a rocket system? >> no. they don't have that kind of range yet. but they're clearly developing that range.

eventually they will have that kind of capacity because they have got the scientists and the technicians to be able to do that. and they certainly want to achieve that. they're going to advertise it because they use it as political brinkmanship in their negotiations with the united states. bill: one more thing here on this u.n. vote. it may grab a headline this afternoon. do you expect much if anything to come from new additional sanctions against north korea? >> there will be some sanctions, you know, in terms of some restrictions on international banking, some control of trade but the truth of the matter is, bill, we've been here before on sanctions and they developed a nuclear weapon. we've been here before on sanctions and now they have got a capability of a missile and a weapon. it will have no impact on the regime. bill: general, thank you for your insight. jack keane out of washington today. thank you, sir. >> take care, bill. bill: to our viewers at home, hemmer@foxnews.com is the e-mail. also on twitter follow me

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a hero today, springing into action when her friend started choking in the school calf fear yaw. >> i was eating popcorn chicken and i think i choked because i was trying to talk and eat at the same time. >> when she didn't come over and i did the heimlich. i put my hand right here and did that three times. >> then the chicken came out. >> anna didn't even question what she had to do. she didn't run to try to get an adult. she took it among herself to solve the issue going on and to solve the problem. >> i was watching a tv show. >> so now, when you want to watch tv and stay up late can you tell your mom it might save a life? >> [laughter]. bill: that is the best excuse ever. i can't go to bed now. it could be valuable info. martha: how cute are the two little girls. i love the demonstration. and then the chicken came out. thank goodness. what a great job that little girl. you are a hero.

good story. all right, now we go to this. a defendant in a arizona murder trial is now being questioned by the jurors. something that can happen in a arizona courtroom. here is one of the more than 150 questions that the jury had for jody arias. watch this. >> did you ever take pictures of yourself after he hit you? >> no, i did not. >> how did you have time to get the gun down if he was right behind you? >> i don't know if he was right behind me or not. i just had the sense that he was chasing after me. martha: very interesting, right? there are three states that allow jurors to submit questions like this. this shows arias when she was dating her ex-boyfriend. on the right is how she is looking in court. quite different. adam housley joins us live in los angeles. adam, those questions really give you insight into what this jury is thinking about. they have been sitting there listening to all of this for

two months. they have things they want to ask. >> reporter: martha, we watch a lot of trials on the west coast in the course of the last 11 or 12 years. i have to tell you this one is fascinating watch the jury asking the questions. the judge reads the question. they come directly from the jury. in some respects they're more difficult than the prosecution. my producer says takes out all the emotion. gets right to the point. one of the questions really took our ear yesterday was this one. take a listen. >> how is it that you remember so many of your sexual encounters including your ex-boyfriend's, but you do not remember stabbing travis and dragging his body? >> well, as far as what happened on june 4th, i don't know how the mind works necessarily but i know that was, the nose traumatic experience of my life. >> reporter: once again alluding to the fact she can't remember anything about really the death of travis alexander but she has specific details about

things that happened six, seven, eight years prior, even down to dates and times. martha if. martha: boy, that is incredible. watching her answer those. as you point out, it does take some of the emotion out of the questions that are being asked. and those are questions that, you know, i've heard people ask about this as well. how do you remember all those details and not remember this? really interesting, adam. >> reporter: it is. we expect to hear some more questions today. there might be a chance for recross examination. it does happen in a very few instances. judge could agree to that talk to the prosecutor again. couple of details, martha, now all of sudden she says she did write bad things about the him in the journal and tore them out because he told her to. never said that in cross-examination. martha: changed details through the course of this. adam, thank you very much. bill: this is a tragedy. what caused a lion to kill a young woman, animal expert jeff corwin who held the same lion when it was a cub

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what. martha: the father of an intern who was killed by a lion at an exotic animal park said his daughter died doing what she loved. 24 years old. diana hanson was on the job just a few weeks at cat haven in central california. police believe that she entered the enclosure of a 4-year-old african lion by herself. the facility was closed at the time. there was only one other person in the park. when the officers arrived, they had to kill the animal to reach her. what a horrible story this is this morning. as we start this new hour of "america's newsroom.". welcome back, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning at home. her father said shoe is what she really, this is what she loved to do in her life. investigators now trying to determine what provoked the attack the lion was raised a cat since it was a cub.

the founder, dale anderson, was crying as he read his statement about the mauling and the eventual death. >> at approximately 12:30 p.m. female volunteer, female volunteer intern entered the lion's enclosure where she was attacked and fatally injured. the lion was shot and killed per our safety protocols. our thoughts and prayers go out to our friends and family and to her family at this time in this trying time. we will keep you guys posted as things progress around here. thank you. martha: boy, that was a very hard statement for him to make. claudia cowan joins us now from san francisco. really, clearly a tragedy and it is also a bit of a mystery, claudia? >> reporter: yeah, it really is, martha. still lots of questions about what provoked the lion named couscous and why diana

hanson was in the lion's enclosure. all this remains under investigation but park officials are looking into whether safety protocols were strictly followed. by all accounts the 24-year-old intern spent a lot of time around this lion in the few weeks she had been working at the sanctuary. according to her father, couscous was her favorite animal there, she told him she was disappointed park rules did not allow her to go into the cages. it was a rule she was fully aware of. the cat haven sanctuary is located in dunlap, 45 miles east of press foe. -- fresno. the education and research facility opened two decades ago and passed state inspections on a regular basis. it is home to 28 rare animals including tigers, cheetah you, leopards and jaguars. this african male was one of two lion as there. it was brought to cat haven as an four-month old cub. there were no reports he had ever attacked anyone before. martha. martha: the victim's father

is speaking about this? what did he say? >> reporter: paul hanson is an attorney in seattle. he drove his daughter from washington state on new year's day. they arrived january 2nd. so she could live on the premise and begin a much anticipated internship there. >> this is her dream come true. working as intern. even though unpaid. this was her dream, working with big cats all day long. nothing but big cats. >> reporter: paul hanson said his daughter was fearless and did have prior experience working around big cats. the coroner's office is conducting an autopsy. the park replains -- remains closed until further notice. martha: awful story, claudia. thank you very much. bill: extreme weather alert right now and it might be the biggest storm of the winter season to date blanketing the midwest and now hammering parts the east coast. more than 300 flights canceled already this morning. there will be more certainly too as heavy and wet snow

and high wind tears down trees and power lines. the storm surge is reaching several feet already. folks not already digging out are getting ready for what's coming their way. >> oh, i hate it [laughter] i really hate it. >> i'm here to buy a new shovel because the last storm destroyed one of mine. >> this is how weak these are. these branches will come down. i'm just knocking on wood every single time a storm comes. bill: molly line live in cape cod, massachusetts. you're getting hit. how are things so far today, molly? >> reporter: well, it is pretty windy, bill. nothing that is unexpected. they knew winds would be high. this is the fourth brutal storm of the winter season. the water behind me, this is cape cod bay surging all the way down. some waves could reach up to 20 feet today. winds are pretty high as well. 34 miles an hour pretty consistently. there were big gusts recorded overnight near

martha's vineyard, 60 miles an hour. those are the type of winds that can cause a lot of damage not just to the homes but along the coastline which is major concern and coastal flooding that hits during the high tide times and because of erosion during the area. a tough year for erosion. a lot of communities up and down the cape are concerned about that the beaches one of the lifeblood of cape cod, a big tourism area and they want to preserve their environment as well. things are tough upon the north shore above boston. they're watching homes in the plum island area which is a beautiful vacation area. this is the type of weather that can turn the beautiful vacation areas into a pretty tough spot to be. today is one of the tough spots, that's for sure. a lot of concern for authorities as they're keeping an eye what happens whenever you have these type of brutal winds and these big storms. bill? bill: molly, as we watch that radar looks like the storm is churning and unfortunately i think it is churning your way. what are you hearing? is this expected to be an event that could last the next 48 hours plus or not? >> reporter: well, they're expecting it to tamper down as things get into the

evening but we're still expected the snow to go on throughout the night. this will be an all day thing. this will not end in the next couple hours. they're expecting to keep an eye on this throughout the entire day and we'll hopefully assess things in the hours sometime tomorrow. right now plenty of wind and plenty of snow still coming. north of here in the boston area. the commute this morning was absolutely atrocious. it is expected to be pretty bad this afternoon as well. bill? bill: thank you, molly line in sandwich, massachusetts. thank you, molly. martha: high winds shut down a bridge in maryland after a tractor-trailer nearly went right off the side of it into the chesapeake bay. look at this picture. whoa, that is frightening moment for the drug driver. the truck careened into the guardrail rail. it took crews several hours to toe it. the winds were so strong. the driver was okay with minor injuries. bill: two men in a fishing boat lost offshore in maryland. the tote was being toad

after breaking down when the grip broke loose and floated away. the coast guard found a third man on a life raft. he was able to be rescued. martha: we are getting new details now on hugo chavez's final moments. a general says the venezuelan president died tuesday of a massive heart attack after making it clear that he was not ready to go. final preparations are underway for chavez's funeral tomorrow. the service is expected to draw leaders from around the world. steve harrigan is streaming live from can rock cause, venezuela. steve, what is the latest there? and what about this story we're hearing? >> reporter: martha, government officials are still pretty close lipped what actually caused the death of hugo chavez. he fought a form of undisclosed cancer the past two years. this news coming out from the head of the presidential guard, hugo chavez unable to speak. his final words were mouthed. he said, i don't want to die. please don't let me die.

on the streets of venezuela people are lining up more than a mile. sometimes waiting ten hours around the clock to pay their respects to the body of hugo chavez. many of them weeping openly, in preparation for the state funeral tomorrow, praise coming in from hugo chavez from dictators around the globe. from syria bashar al-assad, from belarus's dictator, from the cuban dictatorship and group hezbollah, considered a terrorist organization by the united states. they say that hugo chavez was a dear and loyal supporter. martha? martha: wow, that is quite a list of folks that are weighing in to grieve his passing. when will the election take place? there is a 30-day period, is it not, steve? >> reporter: that's what it is supposed to be by the constitution but no date announced yet. front-runner is the man chavez picked nicholas maduro trying to act as much like hugo chavez as possible. his campaign slogan is, i am

chavez and wears similar clothes to what chavez wore walking next to the coffin all day yesterday, wearing a rain slicker with the venezuelan colors. really trying to capitalize on the emotion and love of a large sentiment of population for hugo chavez in the run-up to this election which should take place sometime in the next 30 days, martha. martha: we'll see what happens. perhaps a couple contenders out there for the spot. steve, thank you very much. we'll be watching. bill: back here at home now there's a lion that turned into a killer raising concerns about safety at the wildlife parks after the mauling death of a 24-year-old intern. what went wrong here? wild animal expert jeff corwin held this same lion when it was a cub and jeff is our guest live in a couple minutes on that. martha: how about this? what do you think about this? now they will allow these little knives, like that swiss army type knife on the planes as they losen some of their rules but not everybody is happy to know those can get on board. we're talking to one group

that is demanding the tsa reconsider this idea. bill: he went deep into the night, almost 13 hours. the senate vote to confirm cia director john brennan delayed by a marathon filibuster by kentucky senator rand paul. they're live on the senate right now. what now? new information on all that minutes away. >> are we so complacent with our rights that we would allow a president to say he might kill americans? but he will judge the circumstances. he will be the executione executioner-in-chief if he sees fit. [ whistle blows ] hi victor! mom? i know you got to go in a minute but this is a real quick me, that's perfect for two! campbell's chunky beef with country vegetables,

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involving the lithium ion batteries. the grounding could cost boeing up to $5 billion. martha: this breaking news crossing moments ago. senate majority leader harry reid is now saying if no agreement to reach, the to nominate john brennan as cia director will be this saturday. that comes 1 hours after the rand paul's filibuster. the critics say the drone program gives the power to kill american terrorists on u.s. soil as well as overseas. here is a bit of the his 13-hour talk last night. let's take a look. >> the president has responded and he says he hasn't killed anybody yet in america. and he says he doesn't intend to kill anyone in america but he might. i frankly just don't think that's good enough. the president's oath of office says that i will, not

that i might, or the not that i intend to, the president a says i will protect, preserve and defend the constitution. he doesn't say i will do it when it is practical. martha: boy, i want to start with your reaction to that, bret, because rand paul clearly accomplished getting this issue front and center. it was carried all across the board last night one way or the other and it made a lot of people stop and think about this issue, didn't it? >> it did, martha, clearly. and you know you look at twitter, stand with rand, the hashtag was trending really all night long worldwide. it was, a lot of attention focused on this issue and you had a number of republican senators help him on the filibuster. you had one democratic senator do that as well. and you had a lot of attention put on this very issue. now, in the big picture,

what does it do? as you mentioned, senator reid said that now cloture has been filed. that they will have a full vote and it will be if, according to the rules of the senate, saturday. he is trying to negotiate with republicans to move it up probably to friday after the debate continues. martha: yeah. and the larger picture as well, bret, what it accomplished. there is some talk now that the president may come forward and detail his own argument for what his policy would be with regard to, and all of this goes back to the issue, if there was a terrorist in this country that was about to carry something out, or, if you got intelligence on that person and decided that it was in the country's best interest to take them out, what would actually happen, right? >> right. and, you know, there are some senators, i saw lindsey graham reacted saying that the scenario is ridiculous and others have said that it wouldn't happen and we should focus on bigger things. however, you have a lot of people saying, you know,

there are real constitutional questions here that this administration has not effectively answered, and they really wanted those answers. thataul was looking for. the white house has not come forward with a definitive answer. the attorney general put forward something in testimony yesterday with senator ted cruz in which he said it would not be constitutional to do as he suggested, a drone strike on someone, a terrorist or suspected terrorist sitting in a cafe but it took a while to get him to that point and they were, rand paul was looking for some kind of written acknowledgement of that. the issue will be front and center and the funny thing is idealogically the far left should be on board with this. the aclu and others, and libertarians obviously have a lot of concerns about this. martha: it's fascinating to watch rand paul, who, you know, there are suspicions that perhaps he would consider running for office,

higher office, the presidency, in fact and he is clearly putting himself on the map with an issue like this. it is fascinating as you point out, it is a story that resonating with folks who are libertarians, who believe the government should not play any role anywhere close to this. also the far left, some people would say critics bend too far bark wards to everyone's rights and even a potential terrorist. where does that leave the administration? do you think it forces the hand of the president that he needs to explain where he is on this? >> yeah especially after the state of the union where he was talking so much about transparency and being transparent and there have been a number of incidents since then well, just not been that transparent. this is one of them. another one is obviously the benghazi situation and what we have and have not learned about that. another one is a story that we're just starting to really break into, "the weekly standard" had a really good piece about it. the bin laden documents. these are documents found on the bin laden compound. hundreds of thousands of

documents about al qaeda and bin laden's working in al qaeda. only 17 of those have been released by this administration and what is in the other hundreds of thousands could tell us a lot about how bin laden was operating in al qaeda. so i think transparency is really the bottom line. martha: all good questions and you only get a few moments sort of to press these issues and the cia nomination of john brennan was one of those moments you could hold it up in sort of return for more information and that is what rand paul tried to do. we'll see if he accomplished that. bret, thank you so much. we'll see you later tonight. >> okay. bill: want to take you live to the u.n. moments ago, the u.n. security council now approving new sanctions to punish north korea, not just for its recent nuclear test. this is susan rice, ambassador at the u.n. talking right now. the u.s. reassuring japan, south korea and others on the extended nuclear deterrent. this is the missile defense

in the face of these threats on behalf of the north late overnight last night, north korea threatening nuclear action against the united states. they have talked like this before but this is something we're paying close attention to see where this goes. so that's happening right now at the u.n.. also, guess who came to dinner? president obama and a dozen republican senators. that was last night. so then guess who is coming to lunch today? oh. martha: that story is just a couple hours away. and this also today, this awful story. a young woman killed by a lion. what went wrong here? we'll talk to an animal expert, jeff core win -- corwin, about that, next. >> we'll look at the animal and determine if the animal did in fact attack the subject and we'll have our findings and we work closely with the homicide detectives or detectives running that case. ÷÷

martha: boy, some pretty rough video here. a new jersey police officer is under fire after this shocking amateur video went public. it seems to show the officer throwing a man to the ground. and then punching him. there is the punch. punching that woman in the face. it is kind of dark. clearly he punches -- [bleep]. [bleep]. martha: you see the reaction she went down after the punch. but it is quite a scene. happened outside a nightclub in elizabeth, new jersey. the officer in the video is not identified. he is still on active duty. i don't know both could be mutually true. the police department is investigating somebody on their roster. so they haven't fired anybody. in any case he is still on the job. bill: back to our top story this morning. this deadly lion attack in california, about 45 miles east of fresno it is. authorities are trying to determine what could have

provoked a 4-year-old african lion into mauling an intern at an exotic animal park. dead is 24-year-old diana hanson. she came to the cat haven park a few weeks ago. it is reported that she entered the lion's cage alone. a tragedy in the end. jeff corwin, wildlife biologist. host the abc network, ocean mysteries. the lion was put down shortly after that. jeff, we're still working through the facts on this story. you're the expert. tell us what you believe to be the case how you piece this together and how it happened? >> well, guys it is truly an incredible tragedy and it is really hard to sort of play the sideline quarterback and unravel what unfolded here but these are incredibly powerful creatures. we have the to remember that we're talking about the top of the food chain and this is an animal that is the master of its domain and in ecosystem where it lives it has incredible predatory abilities and when you have this creature in a situation where it is in human care,

like at a wildlife sanctuary such as this one right here, you can never forget the power, no matter how much you like this animal, no matter how you look at it as being an interesting personality and maybe having some levels of trust and friendship and relationship with it, you canner never forget what it was and what it is. bill: i want to work through a couple quick questions here, jeff. it has been reported that this lion was hand-fed. would that make sense to you? >> well, it really depends upon that specific animal. bill: so it happens then, you're saying? >> it does happen and usually under very specific situations with lots of security. it is not unknown for an animal to be hand-fed like that and most institutions and zoos across the country especially these zoos this would be incredibly unlikely. many of these institutions have really strict regulations and rules in place to prevent tragedies like this one that happened in california. bill: this happened on a wednesday which was

yesterday as we know but it's been reported there was only one other person working there at the time. so you had two people at the moment when this incident occurred and it's been said she entered this cage alone. now is it ever smart to go in there, a, alone, or b, at all? >> there are ways you can actually two in and out of enclosures with these animals. often times what they will do is sequester the animal into another area where the cage lies down, serving as barrier between the keeper and the animal but i personally would never go into a cage with a 350 pound male african lion and, i wouldn't go there with ten people. bill: but some people do, huh, jeff? >> you know some people do and most zoos and institutions this would not happen because, again you've got the barriers in place to prevent a tragedy like this. again, it is about people

forgetting the power and prowess of this incredible predator. bill: that is so true. >> you may have a cat yourself. you can see the same abilities in your little cat when playing with a yarn ball but this is a powerful creature. if we let those barriers go down, tragedies like this can happen. >> jeff, did you have experience with particular lion, when the lion was younger? >> i think it is possible. i was on the "ellen degeneres show" a number about of years ago. i have been on many shows and often times we bring animals from conservation stories, and i was told this is lion i once worked with. this would have been a cub at the time and certainly you wouldn't bring a large, adult lion on a talk show like that. bill: jeff, thank you for your time, and our best to her surviving family the her father really has to be torn up about this. she said it was her first love in life to work with exotic animals. jeff, thank you for your expertise. appreciate it. 28 past the hour. martha: awful story. unbelievable, that poor

young girl a dream all her life and ended in such a tragedy. so we will continue to do some more coverage of that story as it goes forward. and in the meantime this fox news exclusive with the pakistani teenager who took on the taliban and survived a gunshot wound to the head. malia's message now to the world and her fight for children's rights. it is coming up next. bill: also there are new calls for the tsa to reconsider allowing small pocket knives onboard a plane and a lot of other items that have been banned today. we'll talk to the a representative from the flight attendants. and they are not happy this day . to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, y will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day,

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bill: outrage over a new policy allowing airline passengers to carry small pocket knives on planes. among many other items banned for about ten years. the federal air marshals and the flight attendants are demanding tsa not move forward on the decision, saying it's a danger to passengers and them. sarah nelson represents the flight attendants and i talked to her a bit earlier today. what do you think of this ruling by the tsa? >> i think it's outrageous. so do flight attend ants acros a attendants throughout the country and so should the passengers. 12 years ago we made a very good decision to form the tsa and keep blades off our aircraft because we need to have thess

aviation system in the world. bill: you mention the blades, it's the knives that concern you. >> any weapons, what are weapons doing aboard the aircraft. we are the last line of defense and the first responders in the air. every since 9/11 we have carried a weight making sure our passengers are safe. what the tsa is saying because the cockpit door is closed that the rest of us don't matter here, right. bill: that was the rational. >> they are saying the cockpit door is locked it doesn't matter what is coming on the aircraft we have to look for a bigger theft. how does this help us do our job? does this make us safer? the answer is, unequivocally, no. it does not. bill: i come back to the question of why, as to why the policy would change. let's come back to that a moment here. on the screen let me show viewers how the policy will change. soon you'll be able to bring from left to right now, a swiss army knife, of which there are

probably thousands confiscated every day base he on the reports we get. golf clubs, you can bring two on board, a baseball bat, a hockey stick, lacrosse stick. of those, i mean it looks like we're a sports authority now. of those items it's the knife that concerns you based on what you're saying? >> the knife is especially concerning. that it was blades that caused what happened on 9/11, right? i'm a boston flight attendant for united airlines, it was my friends who died on september 11th so this is personal for me. but it's also very concerning for flight attendants throughout the country. hundreds of thousands of flight attendants are outraged right now that the tsa would do this. bill: did you get warning on this announcement? >> we did not. bill: it came out of the blue, you believe? >> it came out pwhraouft, we a blue. we are the once kharpblgd charged with the hilt and safety

of the people on board our flight. these items do not belong on board our aircrafts. bill: do you know george marshal taylor? >> no. bill: he says flight attendants are going to be sitting ducks. >> i have a great deal of respect for him, and he knows because he's in the cabin with us. we both share the same responsibility. an understands firsthand what is happening in the cabin. we have disturbances all the time in the aircraft cabin and flight attendants do a tremendous job of addressing those discurb bansess, dress satisfactory lating the issu de-escalating problems and directing passengers in that regard. we have lunched a massive campaign to reverse this policy and want the public to join in that. we started a petition to the white house. president obama needs to tell the tsa to reverse this now. >> you are going to petition the

tsa, so too are the air marshals based on what we've heard so far. >> yes and our coalition is growing. bill: how do you do that first of all and what would you expect from the tsa? >> it's going to take massive public pressure. so flight attendants are united on this. air marshall's are united on this and show should the millions of passengers who travel on our aircraft. its not just those passengers who travel, it's all of their loved ones two. let's face it it wasn't just the people who were the victims on 9/11 it was all the people who live with the aftermath of that and grieve the loss of our family members and friends. bill: sarah nelson thank you for your time. vice president of the association of flight attendants with us this morning here and we are reaching out to the tas. thank you. >> thaurpbgs bill. bill: the tsa said tsa continues above all to strength its multilayer approach to insure the safety of passengers and

crew members. that is a comment earlier from the tsa. the other thing it goes onto talk about is they believe the officers can then better focus their efforts on finding higher threat items, and ultimately the final decision on all these items rests with the tsa as to whether or not they will allow these items on the plane. look for more on this and we'll get you headlines on it. martha: a fox news exclusive now in a rare public statement malala yousufzai is speaking out about the rights of children everywhere. the pakistani teenager who you no doubt remember, a h heroic, incredible story. she survived a gunshot to her head by the taliban. she had been a big promoters of education for girls in her country. eric is with us to tell us what

the young girl is doing to try to further her cause. >> reporter: good morning, martha, good morning, everyone. hers is a remarkable story, she made headlines and captured hearts and inspired millions around the world. malala yousufzai is continuing to workout for the united nations women for peace. she became known for calling on girls to attend school in taliban controlled areas. for her young activist i have she was targeted by the taliban and shot at point-blank chiang last october. she was in a coma but survived and refuses to back down. she made this plea at the british hospital where she continues to undergo treatment. it was meant to come memorandum rate international women's day held at the u.n. tomorrow. in the video you can see the affects of her injuries but she is remarkably composed and articulate as she presses her case for oppressive societies to let girls and boys get an education and go to school. >> if you want each and every

girl to be educated, if you want peace all over the world, for that reason we all have to fight, we all should be united, and don't wait for anyone else to come and seek it for us. we should do it by ourselves. the basic right is education, because education is the only way that we can speak peace in this world. >> reporter: u.n. women for peace will be holding their rally in march at the united nations tomorrow morning, martha. martha: how is she doing? she looks remarkably well in this video. >> reporter: she absolutely does, the way she speaks and her voice. she is recovering very well. she lives in britain with her family. despite everything she's gone through she promises to continue her mission that nearly cost hernandez life, even though the taliban does vow to still try and kill her. by the way, martha, she has been nominated for the nobel peace prize. martha: you can see why she would be a top contender or that. we'll hear a lot more from her,

she is incredible. eric, thank you very much. [music playing] ♪ bill: i bet you have that on our ipod don't. mayhem in chicago the blackhawks winning last night continue their crazy streak. they beat the colorado avalanche 3-2. the team not losing a game in regulation this season. no nhl season has opened a season like this before. the strongess winning streak came from the philadelphia fliers back in the city 78, 19 19, 1980 season. martha: remember mike tobin's live shot the other day. it was go hawks. good for them. is there signs of a budget deal in the works?

last night the president has dinner with a group of republican senators. everybody said they had a good time. there is john mccain walking out. today the president will have lunch with paul ryan and congressman chris van hollen. does that mean there is hope on the horizon? plus this. bill: these are angry protests after an american company khaoeudchides workers for being lazy. now they are fighting to keep their jobs.

martha: first it was dinner last night, now it will be lunch this afternoon, and president obama has invited former republican vice-presidental nominee, congressman paul ryan to lunch today and democratic congressman chris van hollen. they will come to the white house. 12:30 is the appointment for the

day. it is part of an attempt to try to reach a grand barring began once again on the table on deficit reduction. last night the president took 12 republican senators out for a very nice dinner. looked like the red carpet as they were coming out last night. i'm joined by monica crowley and doug schoen, both are great contributfox news contributors. this looked like this was sort of the g.o.p., perhaps, persuadable cloud, a littl. >> i think last night was a sincere a epl attempt to begin a conversation. today is different. ryan's budget is a tough one if not impossible one for democrats to deal with. with him floating a proposal of privatizing medicare for all, even seniors i think this allows the president to use him for a

straw man to push back and say where he will never go for entitlement reform. martha: you think this is a set up. >> i hope doug is right, i wish he shared his optimism. i'm more cynical about the president's motives here. he set up paul ryan b. he invited paul ryan to sit front and center and proceeded to ream him and all of his policies. martha: you know what, since you brought that up. let's play a little bit from that speech that we have ready to go. >> it says instead of guaranteed healthcare you will get a voucher. if that sroeufrp isn't worth enougthat voucher isn't worth enough to buy the insurance available in the open marketplace, well then tough luck, you're on your own. put simply it ends medicare as we know it. martha: all right, so that moment we all remember well. it raises this question. you finish with that first, money cake. >> i was going to say that begin

this president's history and pattern of behavior especially with republicans, like paul ryan. last night he met with the old guard they may be more persuadable than the new guard that surrounded rand paul last night during the filibuster, for example. it may be, and the president has done this before, where he has met with republicans, so that then he can say, if the economy goes south, or things fail, proposals fail they don't get a grand bargain he can turn around and say, look i met with them, i had dinner, we had long conversations about politics and policy and nothing came about, therefore it is their fault. it could be a set up where he's setting up the the republicans, especially the leadership to say they just won't work with me. martha: he said that before. but the question is, let's take a look at the latest gallup poll, the approval number is slipping a little bit over recent weeks. is that prompting what we are seeing here? >> martha, absolutely. presidents are uniquely sensitive to these kind of polls, they do private polls themselves, and the sequester i think we'd all agreed has not

been a success for the president. he's engaged in fear monkerring, things certainly have not been as bad as he and other democrats have predicted. whether that's right or wrong it's hurt his numbers. he's been seen as inc as intran. martha: in he looks at the future and says, i think republicans will remain in power in the house, i want to deal with them and have accomplishments on my ledger, that could be what we are seeing. >> two things, number one he is totally focused on 2014e wants to flip the house to democratic control. he has a wide open field in the last two years like he did in the first two years. your assumption is that he is a normal president who wants a normal legacy of bipartisan a achievement. i don't think he's a normal president, he looks at ace legacy as a fundamental

transformation of the nation. >> i think he is a normal president but he has the goal of winning the election and i think he he is not ready to govern in a bi-partisan way until and unless he doesn't win the 2014 congressional elections. martha: that is not what constitutes a normal president. there are so many things i can say look back at our former presidents. thank you. interesting trend we are seeing here. bill: the boss called them lazy and proceeded to shut down their factory. now they are fighting to get their jobs back. first they have to go through the riot police, what in the world is going on here? [ male announcer ] it's a rule of nature. you don't decide when vegetables reach the peak of perfection. the vegetables do.

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are you in the new economiess especially if you missed out on the bull run on the stock market? forget about gold they say, think about the farm. steve brown is live in chicago. what is going on here, steve, good morning. >> reporter: what we're seeing is farmland prices jumping extraordinary high. in a five-state area last year in the midwest we saw farmland value jump 60% on aggregate. in iowa it was up 20% last year. over the last five years 100%. who are the buyers? not speculators, it's other farmers. >> farmers this looked at what the other options are, and a lot of them are saying, i want to invest in farmland, because i'm getting a better return there and it also may be sets up my family for having an expanded operation in the future and helps with the livelihood of my

children. >> they may not like me calling them rich but there is a lot of money, a lot of equity in the farm market right now. farmers are doing really well. >> farmers doing really well. nice to hear that sentence. bill: wait for a moment, rich farmers, is that the case? >> reporter: it is the case, or at least they are working with an awful lot of capitol and you can thank soybean and corn prices. the midwest is the heart of the soybean and corn crops. those prices are up at historic highs. the loan interests are extremely low, that is a combination that kind of bruce high farmland prices. have a listen. >> so we still have relatively strong commodity prices, very low interest rates. the combination gives you probably land prices that are becoming what i call fully valued. >> reporter: also introduced in the midwest and states that it really didn't have a presence of it before, beef cattle which is taking up some of the land, which means there's less to grow those crops on, which means it

becomes more valuable. all in all it is a very good time to be a farm-landowner in the midwest particularly in the state of iowa. bill: that is interesting. you have other farmers in the midwest like in ohio who are leasing their farms for fracking and making a lot of money because of it too. >> reporter: a lot more opportunities. bill: new economy. thank you, steve brown in chicago. martha. martha: washington lawmakers are tackling the gun control issue from all sides, both democrats and republicans unveiling their own plans today. but the new approaches are raising new doubts about the possibility that there will ever be a compromise of this hot issue. ♪

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